Supermicro has teamed up with IC packaging and testing company ASE and system integrator CSI to establish Taiwan’s first liquid cooling data center in the southern city of Kaohsiung.
Under this initiative, ASE will integrate Supermicro’s liquid-cooled AI servers into the new datacenter with the assistance of CSI to optimize ASE’s R&D and production processes.
The move aligns with the Taiwan government’s ESG energy-saving and carbon reduction mandates and the pressing global need for more power-efficient and environmentally friendly data center solutions. With the effectiveness of traditional air-cooling methods diminishing due to their limited capacity to dissipate the substantial heat generated by modern AI servers, liquid cooling is emerging as a promising alternative because of its superior thermal management properties.
Supermicro anticipates that the establishment of the data center will spark the wider adoption of liquid-cooling technologies worldwide with the potential to achieve decreases of up to 40% in overall energy consumption. In addition to improved power efficiency, ASE sees supply chain carbon footprint reduction as another key benefit of the project.
Supermicro, ASE and CSI also believe the initiative will position Taiwan as a leader in the adoption of cutting-edge data center solutions. By pioneering the implementation of liquid cooling at massive density and scale, Taiwan has the opportunity set a precedent for other regions to follow and showcase the potential of this technology to transform data center operations worldwide.
Long time technology industry fan here in Taiwan.
